YORK — Lots of mystery still surrounds the disappearance — and ultimate reappearance in Canada — of a York College student.

Why did Aaron Frishkorn, 21, go missing Monday? Did he run away? If so, what was he running from?

Aaron Frishkorn, a York College student, was reported missing Monday but found in Canada on Wednesday.Submitted photo.

No charges have been filed against the sports management major from Elizabethtown in Lancaster County, but police previously said he was a person of interest regarding the discrepancy of funds in the account of an on-campus organization.

Still, Frishkorn’s disappearance left many students on campus shaken for two days, wondering what had happened to their classmate — and whether it could happen to them.

York College spokeswoman Mary Dolheimer said Thursday that Frishkorn was last seen on campus Monday morning, when two school safety officers stopped by his room to remind him of a meeting regarding a discrepancy in funds from the Sports Management Student Association. Frishkorn, a senior, is president of the group, she said.

“When he did not come to the meeting, campus safety officers went to his room, and he told them he was running late,” Dolheimer said. “They left, and he departed immediately after that.”

And that was the last time he was seen on campus. In person, anyway. His likeness sprang up on missing person posters.

Plus, a flurry of information buzzed on Facebook and Twitter, which several students said were “blowing up.”

As soon as Skylar Jones, 19, of Hackettstown, N.J., went to share the missing person poster with her Facebook friends, other students flooded her account.

They were worried and scared, she said. But for some other students, it just didn’t make sense that a 21-year-old man could be kidnapped from campus, as rumor had it.

“I just assumed something bad happened to him, like he got into a car accident,” said senior Callie Ewen, 21, of Wilmington, Del.

More reaction to York College student's disappearanceWhile a York College student who was reported missing Monday and turned up in Canada Wednesday was supposedly linked to a theft case earlier this week, police in Spring Garden Township are not even sure that a theft took place.

It set off alarm bells, too, for criminal justice major Patrick Smith, 19, of Long Island, N.Y.

“I knew something wasn’t right,” he said.

Reaction to York College student's disappearanceWhile a York College student who was reported missing Monday and turned up in Canada Wednesday was supposedly linked to a theft case earlier this week, police in Spring Garden Township are not even sure that a theft took place.

But students were still worried, and they were worried at the administrative level, too. Many of them are parents, Dolheimer said, and it’s not much of a stretch to feel what his family must have been going through.

“I was in a room with the administrators, including the president, and all of us were immensely relieved that he was safe,” Dolheimer said.

Dolheimer did not know Thursday whether Frishkorn was still in Canada, or if he had returned home. She indicated no charges have been filed.

And Spring Garden Township Police Chief George Swartz said his department will be looking into whether funds had even been misappropriated from the Sports Management Student Association in the first place.

"We have made no determination that a crime has even occurred, much less identified any suspects," Swartz said. "This investigation is in the early stages."

Two police departments were involved since the campus straddles the border between York city and Spring Garden Township. The missing persons case was handled by city police since that’s where the residence halls are located, and the questions about the funds fell into the jurisdiction of the township police, Dolheimer explained.

Ewen, a history major, said she does not know Frishkorn, but she lives in the same building. When she came home from class Wednesday, and saw news crews in front of her building, she immediately thought the worst had happened.

She was relieved to discover her classmate was not hurt or killed, but said she was shocked to learn he was in Canada.

“I was with my roommate, and I said, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe this,’” she recalled. “He really had everyone worried.”

Glen Rock sisters Karinne and Konnie Brown, 22 and 19 respectively, said they were just as shocked as everyone else by the strange case.

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